Constitution

Ethel Dreda Arek - 00:43:35

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Ethel Dreda Arek
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00:43:35

Ethel Arek explains that Paulus Arek submitted his constitution report for debate in the House of Assemby on 4 March 1971 and then stood again at the 1972 election. She remembers that after the 1972 election when he was made Minister for Information she and the children returned to Popondetta.

Ethel Dreda Arek - 00:38:56

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Ethel Dreda Arek
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00:38:56

Ethel Arek explains that Paulus Arek was not a member of the Pangu Party but an independent. She discusses the membership of the Select Committee on the constitution.

Ethel Dreda Arek - 00:37:17

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Ethel Dreda Arek
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00:37:17

Ethel Arek recalls that her husband Paulus Arek was appointed as Chairman of the Select Committee on the constitution in 1969.

Stephen Pokawin - 01:07:06

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Stephen Pokawin
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01:07:06

Stephen Pokawin reflects on a discussion with Michael Somare regarding the rationale for the removal of provisional provincial government from the constitution in order to unite the nation.

Stephen Pokawin - 00:28:22

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Stephen Pokawin
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00:28:22

Stephen Pokawin reflects on the importance of widespread consultation, and the importance of people in villages, in the making of the PNG constitution, and the role of the administration in politically educating the community.

Henry Chow - 01:17:54

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Henry Chow
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01:17:54

Henry Chow describes self government as a foregone conclusion at the time and the steps necessary to prepare the constitution.

Michael Somare - 01:55:24

Interview: 
Michael Somare
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01:55:24

Michael Somare discusses the national goals contained in the constitution and how they guided policy relating to land ownership vested in the people not the government.

Michael Somare - 01:27:39

Interview: 
Michael Somare
Time: 
01:27:39

Michael Somare discusses the strategy of the House of Assembly reforming as the National Constitutional Assembly to debate the constitution and give the two eras a complete legal break. He discusses how unusual it was for a colony to write its own constitution. He emphasises the role of Australian education in PNG from 1960 and the group selected to complete secondary education and join the Australian Public Service.

Michael Somare - 01:16:05

Interview: 
Michael Somare
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01:16:05

Michael Somare discusses the work of the CPC in every district and sub-district and his insistence on a multiparty rather than presidential system.

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